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Design and Simulation of Two Stroke Engines

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<strong>Design</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Simulation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Two</strong>-<strong>Stroke</strong> <strong>Engines</strong><br />

The gases in the cylinder <strong>and</strong> the crankcase are at atmospheric temperature at the commencement<br />

<strong>of</strong> the process. The crankcase pressure is set at particular levels to produce differing<br />

values <strong>of</strong> scavenge ratio, SRV, during each experiment. At the conclusion <strong>of</strong> a single cycle,<br />

the crankshaft is abruptly stopped at tdc by a wrap-spring clutch brake, retaining under the<br />

movable cylinder head the trapped charge from the scavenging flow. The movable cylinder<br />

head is then released from the top piston rod <strong>and</strong> depressed so that more than 75% <strong>of</strong> the<br />

trapped gas contents are forced through a paramagnetic oxygen analyzer, giving an accurate<br />

measurement from a representative gas sample.<br />

If i>o is the measured oxygen concentration (expressed as % by volume) in the trapped<br />

charge, Mon is the molecular ratio <strong>of</strong> nitrogen to oxygen in air, <strong>and</strong> Cpm is a correction coefficient<br />

for the slight paramagnetism exhibited by carbon dioxide, then Sweeney [3.20] shows<br />

that the volumetric scavenging efficiency, SEV, is given by:<br />

SEV<br />

1- l + Mon -22on<br />

100<br />

1 _ C 1 + M<br />

(3.2.2)<br />

The correction coefficient for carbon dioxide in the presence <strong>of</strong> oxygen, Cpm, is a negative<br />

number, -0.00265. The value <strong>of</strong> Mon is traditionally taken as 79/21 or 3.762.<br />

The scavenge ratio, SRV, is found by moving the piston, shown as item 5 in Fig. 3.6,<br />

inward at the conclusion <strong>of</strong> the single cycle experiment until the original crankcase state<br />

conditions <strong>of</strong> pressure <strong>and</strong> temperature are restored. A dial gauge accurately records the piston<br />

movement. As the piston area is known, the volume <strong>of</strong> charge which left the crankcase,<br />

Vcc, is readily determined. The volume <strong>of</strong> charge, Vc, which scavenged the cylinder, is then<br />

calculated from the state equation:<br />

Pcc v cc .. Pcy V c<br />

T T<br />

(3.2.3)<br />

The temperatures, Tcy <strong>and</strong> Tcc, are identical <strong>and</strong> equal to the atmospheric temperature,<br />

Tat. The cylinder pressure, pcy, is equal to the atmospheric pressure, pat.<br />

The cylinder volume can be set to any level by adjusting the position <strong>of</strong> the cylinder head<br />

on its piston rod. The obvious value at which to set that volume is the cylinder swept volume,<br />

Vsv- The scavenge ratio, SRV, is then:<br />

V<br />

SRV = —— (3.2.4)<br />

V SV<br />

In the final paragraph <strong>of</strong> Sec. 3.1, the desirability was emphasized <strong>of</strong> conducting a relevant<br />

scavenging experiment in an isothermal, isovolumic <strong>and</strong> isobaric fashion. This experiment<br />

satisfies these criteria as closely as any experiment ever will. It also satisfies all <strong>of</strong> the<br />

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